Big Guns

 

Today I started digging out heavy weapons from the Predator built for the Björn The Betrayer army.

Looking at what I have there's 3 heavy flames. Okay 2 heavy flamers and the flamestorm cannon on the front, this is a Tank Girl inspired Astra Militarum tank battalion so I'm ignoring any negativity here, it's supposed to be dumb.

Weapons will be mounted with magnets when they arrive.

The other objective for today is to get the 2 other heavy weapons team finished.

There was 1 mortar team that needed building, with crew needed for the 2 Las cannons.

These are going back in the box when cured to be done after the main tank force is done.

La Penultima, yesterday I went to Wigan and picked up a couple of bits and, the Baneblade is getting built as a Stormlord. The Path Of Command is for next years project with the Exodites.

Lastly earlier this week I was watching 3 of the new Land Speeders on ebay, betting on the cost of the stand alone release being over £40 for 1 skimmer so I figured it's better to get the 3 I want for the army now rather than next year when it's not as expensive and there's a glut on ebay. 

Spring! Spring!

 

Well this week has been a total nightmare work wise. 

I'm posting this doing a waking watch at work. I really need that week off. 

Updates I got my 3rd Greaves Centaur primed the other day, but between 14 + hour shifts and this tonight my work/life balance is heavily on the work side this week. 

A plan for Friday. 

I'm cooking and baking on Friday so I'm hoping I can get a little break to get the Orrlock and Escher Gangers out and judge how best to assign the veteran rabble in their Centaurs. I'm currently planning to have hair match the colour of the vehicles the squads are assigned to. I'm thinking I need to add a couple of minis to round up the numbers. 

The heavy weapon squads Centaur, I still have the plan to paint both versions pink to match Rogal Dorns. 

It's A Trap!

 Was on with the Centaurs again today to get them finished, was letting the glue cure so had them on their back so they'd not be putting strain on the glue joints. 

Plans for colours, one black and grey, one white and tau oche zebra pattern, number 3 and 4 still undecided, although thinking the big shootas versions will all be pink as well.

I'll have to get the Dorns together on my next day off, as well as number 5 to start painting them all together 

I Missed The Monthly Vow Post

 Sorry about that I'd missed my usual monthly round up.

Expect this post to get the monthly collage photo{photo added} and update later. 

Target for the 12th of September is to finish the Centaurs and Squads. 

Add a 5th to that list now, thanks ADHD and my sense of humour, just need to pick up the guns. If/when Catachans get an upgrade expect a 6th/4th Greaves Centaur to be added and a study of Aussie Uties to be undertaken for inspiration, then I've got all 3 regiments. Oh hang on Steel Legion are coming as well... Okay pack this one up for now, can't afford to get locked into that Doom spiral. 

And hopefully get the Hippogriffs built and started

My week of at the start of September I'm planning a day to Glasgow to see if I cam catch any filming of The Batman 2 that's going on there, might do an overnight stay, need to check my kids are okay with that.

Edits later with last month's report and photos, need my meds now and to get ready for the day.

Review Time

Is mostly a list of things started, not finished.

The Hippogriffs and Rogal Dorn work surprisingly well, I really need to find the rust paint or order some more. There was a pot of Tyhus Corruption somewhere, if I skip Spiderman in the afternoon I can move stuff around and look for it.

Centaur 1 will be in the same greys and black as the Hippogriffs here.

The Pink Panther Historically

 

I was having a look through the Astra Militarum Codex and saw the Krieg heavy weapon teams have 3 duel heavy stubbers.

Now one of the things I remember from WW2 history was the SAS stacking as many machine guns as possible on the Willis Jeep, and later mk1 Land Rover and used them in desert theatres to great effect. 

So seeing that squad weapon options I just had to get a 3rd Greaves Centaur for the low sides. One of the hobby chat guys has 5 heavy stubber that he's not using and is happy to let me have.

So plan A for the Pink Porcupine is mount those 2 half stubber on the front where the gatling cannon sits, 2 other twins will go on the side mounts and the single heavy stubber will be mounted on the bonnet.

I'm going to enjoy this. 

When The Little Blue Bird

 Who is seldom heard starts to sing "Spring, Spring"

Yesterday didn't quite go as planned as I got all the boxes out and looked at the sprues and thought, yeah no, that's too much.

I had a trip out to buy more glue from a local store that stocks Warhammer stuff, then headed to B&Q to get my youngest daughter's birthday present then home for a nap.

After I'd eaten I figured I needed to build something today so I settled on 1 Centaur then thought "it'll not take much more time to build the others while I'm here."

So I got all 3 regular versions and the Greaves Centaur out and made a start on building them all. The only complaints I have with these are those front section of the wheel arches could be better labeled as to which way to go and the bonnet sides could have a slot to click into so you know it's in the right spot, but beyond those 2 minor details I really like how this goes together, I can't see myself building the riders in the Centaurs to use in the Centaurs, but I might add them to the tanks with at least Escher heads and arms.

So I'm probably going to have to find some auto cannons to stick on the Greaves Centaur for my heavy weapon team, or heavy bolters as I have 2 spare from the Predator, same with Lascannons... So I have options here for weapons teams in the back, just might need some magnets for this. 

Romantic Sponges They Say Do It.

 

With an actual weekend off I started on the Rogal Dorn today getting the faded pink on the rest of the tank.

Tomorrow I need to find the rust paint I have and try that on the tanks to see if that looks better than the chipping pen I have used.

Tomorrow I'm planning to build either the other Hippogriffs or the Centaurs, the 3 squads of 10 are built as is the heavy weapon squad, so it's just finding the time to paint them.

If things go really well I might even see about building the other 2 Dorns for this army.